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Chattanooga Guided Adventures Nickjack Bat Cave Sunset Kayak Tour Meeting Location

Little Sequatchie River near Chattanooga Guided Adventures Nickjack Bat Cave Sunset Kayak Tour Meeting Location

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About this river

Little Sequatchie River is a 12.1 mile river near Chattanooga Guided Adventures Nickjack Bat Cave Sunset Kayak Tour Meeting Location in Tennessee. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sequatchie River near Whitwell, TN (site 03571000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1921 to 2026

Little Sequatchie River typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,010 cfs, and lowest in October, at 81 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 32,300 cfs, in 1991.

Typical flow by month at Sequatchie River near Whitwell, TN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January857490 to 1,540
February968585 to 1,780
March1,010662 to 1,730
April851523 to 1,410
May400260 to 697
June198148 to 337
July153103 to 303
August13582 to 236
September9257 to 147
October8152 to 161
November14664 to 382
December534240 to 1,150

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 98 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sequatchie River near Whitwell, TN (site 03571000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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